Improvement in planters and fertilizers



M. BARBOUYR.

'Improvement n Planter and Fertiizer. No. 126,250. PatentedApmsonsmINVENT OR www MATTHEW BARBOUB, OF OXFORD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLANTERS AND FERTILIZERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,950, dated April30, 1872.

I, MATTHEW BARBOUR, of Oxford, Butler county, Ohio, have invented acertain new Combined Corn-Planter, Wheat-Drill, and Fertilizer, of whichthe following is a specification:

This invention relates to an implement which in its simplest-form isadapted to be used Vas a combined corn-planter and fertilizer, andwhich, by a slight addition, can be rendered capable of being employedas a wheatdrill, the operation of distributing the fertilizing compoundbeing all carried on at the same time with the seed planting, whether ofcorn or smaller grain.

Figure l is a perspective view of an implement-embodyin g myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section through the grain-hoppers. Fig. 4 is a sectionthrough a portion of the lower part of the corn-hopper;A and Fig. 5 is aview of the adjustable boxes in which the axle of the ground-wheel is`journaled, the three last views being drawn on an enlarged scale.

A represents the main frame of the implement. B B B are the sheaths orstandards. b b b are the shares, and C G are the handles of the same. Journaled in the forward end of the frame'is a ground-wheel, D, whoseshaft d is fitted in boxes, E, having slots e c and bolts F F', whichpermit the vertical adjustment of said boxes upon the frame. The objectof this adjustment is to set the implement in such a manner as to insurethe share penetrating the ground a greater or less distance, as may bedesired. The ground-wheel is provided with three distinct concentricseries of teeth,- with either of which engage a pinion on the front endof driving-shaft G. Driving-shaft G has a wheel, g, which gears withanother one, H, the latter being secured to the counter-shaft I. Thiscounter-shaft carries the feed-wheel J, which is located at the bottomof the hopper K, which contains the fertilizer. The quantity offertilizing compound which is discharged from the hopper K is regulatedby a gate or cut-off that may be operated from one side of the machine.After leaving the hopper the fertilizer is discharged through a spout,7c. Placed in the rear of hopper K is another one, M, which is intendedfor the reception of corn; and the bottom m'of said hopper has tted init a disk, N, having a series of apertures, n, in it. These apertures orcells are intended for carrying corn vaway from the hopper M andconducting it through opening tube o into receptacle O, and thencethrough spouts L l into the central furrow, whenever the disk N isrotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3. The rotationof this disk is effected by a wheel, P, that gears with a Worm, Q, thelatter being attached to driving-shaft Gr. The hopper M is pivoted to aframe, It, at r; and the wheel P may be thrown out of gear with the wormQ by swinging the hopper to the opposite side of the machine to that inwhich the shaft G is located. The hopper M is not entirely circular inits horizontal section, it being provided with a recessed portion, S, soas to permit of a portionA of the feed-wheel being seen outside of saidhopper. Opposite the recessed portion of the hopper is a guard orflange, T, which prevents the corn escaping from feed-wheel N. Thisguard has pivoted to it a gravitating-arm, U, within which is journaleda roller, u, which latter insures the corn entering the cells n at theproper moment. A curved rod, u', acts to sweep off from disk N anysuperliuous grain which might escape under the brush n', and `to conductsuch grain into one of the empty cells of the disk, and thus return itto the hopper M. V is a bolt, which, being securedV to plate m andpassing through a slot, r', in frame R, serves to maintain the wheel Peither in or out of gear with the worm Q. Whenever it is desired toemploy the implement for drilling wheat, another hopper, O, is added tothe rear enel of the frame A. The hopper is furnished with three spiralfeeders,\V W W, which are driven by wheels w that gear with a wheel, X,the latter being attached to the feeder W', which is journaled in hopperO. The forward end of this feeder W has a socket, fw, which iits overthe `non circular termination i of shaft I. rlhe sheaths B B areattached at top to the handles, which are connected by a rod, Z, Vhaving screwthreaded portions z and nuts a. This provision of thescrew-threaded rod and nuts permits the sheaths to be separated at topso as to throw the shares b b toward one another for the purpose ofcovering corn; but when it is desired to cover wheat the sheaths arecompressed at top, so as to cause a much greater separation of theshares. vl and 2 are graintubes leading from the hopper O to the rear ofsheaths B B. 3 is a gate at the bottom of grain-spout l, and said gateis maintained in its closed condition by si springbar, 4. The gate isopened by an arrangement oi' roekshaft 5, arms 6 and 7, rods S and 9,and trigger l0. The trigger is rendered inoperative, Whenever necessary,by ay eeieh,12,pivoted to the handle C. Y is the cievis.

Claims.

claim as my inventionl. The boxesE E, slotted as described, and providedwith bearings for the reception of shaft d between the beams A A toadjust the I Wheel D, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The deiecting-rod u', in combination with the recessed hopper M,grevitziting arm U, relier u, iienge T, and perforated disk N, arrangedsubstantially as described.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

. MATTHEW BARBOUR. Witnesses: i

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN.

